Symmetry Payroll Point

Local Payroll Tax Rates

by Symmetry Tax Engine · Payroll & Time Tracking

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Executive Summary

Symmetry Payroll Point is a local tax withholding software for payroll, tax, and HR professionals, as well as payroll software companies. It combines tax data from the Symmetry Tax Engine with mapping technology to determine federal, state, and local withholding taxes and wage rates based on geographic coordinates.

Use Cases

  • Automate local payroll tax withholding rates
  • Audit or onboard employees into payroll or HR systems
  • Incorporate local tax data into payroll systems via XML
  • Address normalization for data-cleansing
  • Identify local tax information for employees via an interface

Features

Visibility

  • Portal maps: The maps interface identifies tax jurisdictions with geospatial visualizations, making it quicker to research complex taxing scenarios.
  • Portal reports: Customize templates to download results to your specifications.

Support

  • Accurate local taxes and wage rates: Symmetry Payroll Point ® calculates precise wages and tax rates for the most complex tax withholding scenarios, based on latitude and longitude coordinates.
  • Advanced mapping technology: Leverages innovative geocoding technology to convert street addresses into geographic coordinates for precise rooftop accuracy on tax boundary shapefiles.
  • Accurate multi-state localized taxes: Considers nexus and reciprocity with every input, so employees who live in one state and work in another will be onboarded correctly and taxed appropriately.

Technical Specifications

Architecture
Cloud-hosted API & Web Application
Deployment
SaaS
Authentication
JSON Web Token (JWT), API keys
API Available
Yes

Infrastructure

  • AWS

Security & Compliance

Certifications: SOC 2 Type 2

Encryption: TLS 1.3 in transit; AES-256 at rest in AWS

Pricing

Model
Tailored pricing tracking usage (paychecks, forms, calls)
Starting Price
Contact sales
Target Customer
Mid-Market,Enterprise

About Symmetry Tax Engine

Symmetry Software is a leading provider of payroll tax compliance infrastructure, offering accurate payroll tax APIs and onboarding compliance software to automate payroll processes for payroll providers, tech platforms, and large employers. Their products, including the Symmetry Tax Engine, Symmetry Payroll Forms, and Symmetry Payroll Point, ensure precise tax calculations and regulatory compliance across the United States and Canada. Founded in 1984, the company is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and employs between 51 and 200 people.

Founded: 1984 · Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States · Employees: 51-200 · Private (Acquired by Gusto in 2021)

Verified sources

Each of these facts was checked against the vendor page linked (2026-10-15).

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